Macbeth

Name: Macbeth
Released: 1948

Orson Welles

Classical Hollywood

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Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth commits a treasonous act and takes the throne for himself.

Year1948

CountryUnited States

DirectorOrson Welles

MovementClassical Hollywood

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We were thinking about the way that [Stanley] Kubrick uses natural light in 'Barry Lyndon,' or Roman Polanski’s 'Macbeth,' with its long shots of figures in the landscape. And we watched a lot of documentaries about the period.